General elections were held in Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

 on 16 November 1990. with a second round of the presidential election held on 6 January 1991. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías of the Movement of Action in Solidarity, whilst the National Centre Union won the Congressional elections. Voter turnout was 56.4% in the elections on 16 November and 45.2% in the elections in January.

President

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Jorge Carpio Nicolle Jorge Carpio Nicolle Jorge Carpio Nicolle was a prominent Guatemalan politician and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of the Unión del Centro Nacional in 1984, and ran as the party's candidate for president in the elections of 1985 and 1990. He came in second in both elections...	National Centre Union	399,777	25.7	438,990	31.9
Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías	Movement of Action in Solidarity	375,165	24.1	936,389	68.1
Luis Alfonso Cabrera Hidalgo	Guatemalan Christian Democracy Guatemalan Christian Democracy The Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...	271,933	17.5
Álvaro Arzú Álvaro Arzú Álvaro Enrique Arzú Yrigoyen was the 32nd President of Guatemala from January 14, 1996 until January 14, 2000...	National Advancement Party National Advancement Party The National Advancement Party is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 1989.In the 1990 and 1995 elections its presidential candidate was Álvaro Arzú who won in 1995, becoming Guatemala's 32nd president ....	268,796	17.3
Luis Ernesto Sosa Dávila	MLN National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement.... -FAN	74,825	4.8
Rene Armando De León Schlotter	PSD-AP5	55,819	3.6
José Ángel Lee Duarte	Revolutionary Party of Guatemala	33,429	2.2
Jose Ramon Fernández González	Democratic Party of National Cooperation	32,325	2.1
Manuel Benedicto Lucas García	Emerging Movement of Harmony	16,894	1.1
Fernando Antonio Leal Estevez	National Renewal Party	11,052	0.7
Leonel Hernández Cardona	United Front of the Revolution	7,957	0.5
Jorge Antonio Reyna Castillo	Democratic Party	6,341	0.4
Invalid/blank votes		254,488	–	74,110	–
Total		1,808,801	100	1,449,489	100
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party	District			PR			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
National Centre Union	357,528	22.28	33	399,679	25.72	8	41
Guatemalan Christian Democracy Guatemalan Christian Democracy The Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...	276,072	17.21	21	271,842	17.49	6	27
National Advancement Party National Advancement Party The National Advancement Party is a political party in Guatemala. It was founded in 1989.In the 1990 and 1995 elections its presidential candidate was Álvaro Arzú who won in 1995, becoming Guatemala's 32nd president ....	233,559	14.56	7	268,776	17.29	5	12
Movement of Action in Solidarity	225,031	14.02	10	375,119	24.14	8	18
FRG Guatemalan Republican Front The Guatemalan Republican Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.It was created in 1989 by former president and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and formally registered in 1990... -PID Institutional Democratic Party The Institutional Democratic Party was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. A centre-right party, it was modelled on the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party. From the... -FUN National Unity Front The National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 7.8 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,...	201,401	12.55	12	–	–	–	12
National Liberation Movement National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement....	83,738	5.22	3	–	–	–	3
PSD-AP5	64,633	4.03	0	55,804	3.59	1	1
Revolutionary Party	50,547	3.15	1	33,417	2.15	0	1
Democratic Party of National Cooperation	24,750	1.54	0	32,297	2.08	0	0
National Renewal Party	17,386	1.08	0	11,025	0.71	0	0
United Front of the Revolution	16,808	1.05	0	7,950	0.51	0	0
Democratic Party	13,284	0.83	0	6,413	0.41	0	0
PID Institutional Democratic Party The Institutional Democratic Party was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. A centre-right party, it was modelled on the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party. From the... -FUR-FRG Guatemalan Republican Front The Guatemalan Republican Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.It was created in 1989 by former president and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and formally registered in 1990...	11,923	0.74	0	–	–	–	0
Emerging Movement of Harmony	10,759	0.67	0	16,915	1.09	0	0
MLN National Liberation Movement (Guatemala) The National Liberation Movement was a Guatemala military-backed party formed in 1960 by Mario Sandoval Alarcón as a breakaway from the National Democratic Movement.... -FAN	4,381	0.27	0	74,994	4.83	1	1
Organised Nationalist Union	3,422	0.21	0	–	–	–	0
Popular Alliance 5	2,521	0.16	0	–	–	–	0
Democratic Social Party	2,204	0.14	0	–	–	–	0
Guatemalan Republican Front Guatemalan Republican Front The Guatemalan Republican Front is a right-wing political party in Guatemala.It was created in 1989 by former president and dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, and formally registered in 1990...	1,875	0.12	0	–	–	–	0
National Progress Front	1,684	0.10	0	–	–	–	0
Progressive Liberating Party	590	0.04	0	–	–	–	0
FUN National Unity Front The National Unity Front is a political party in Bolivia.At the legislative elections in 2005, the party won 7.8 % of the popular vote and 8 out of 130 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 1 out of 27 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Samuel Jorge Doria Medina Auza,... -PID Institutional Democratic Party The Institutional Democratic Party was a Guatemalan pro-government political party active during the 1970s.The PID was formed in 1963 by Enrique Peralta Azurdia after he had seized power in a coup. A centre-right party, it was modelled on the Mexican Institutional Revolutionary Party. From the...	447	0.03	0	–	–	–	0
PNR-MEC	320	0.02	0	–	–	–	0
Invalid/blank votes	196,733	–	–	254,487	–	–	–
Total	1,801,596	56.21	87	1,808,718	56.44	29	116